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Re:Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk by mlyle on Sunday August 21, 2022 @11:28AM (#32541114)
> No they should not. They need to live in the same world we do, using the same tools we have.

Grand prizes with honorariums and perks of various kinds are a longstanding tradition with value.

I was mostly kidding, but: Kernighan totally can afford a big internet connection wherever he is. But he chooses not to buy it. The social benefit from him having one likely outweighs the personal benefit from him buying it.

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Re:Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk by z3t4 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @03:13PM (#32543418)
You should start a fiber/ISP company
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Re:Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk by mlyle on Sunday August 21, 2022 @04:52PM (#32544293)
It would be more of a grand prize with an internet access component. :P

Of course, if I still operated internet access and Kernighan was in my area, I'd definitely comp him a circuit. :P

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